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Making friends with Python 3 for the 2015 instructor retreat
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Making friends with Python 3 for the 2015 instructor retreat

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andreww/python3_friends
• Owner: andreww
• Created: 2015-11-11T14:09:33.000Z (over 10 years ago)
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• Last Pushed: 2015-11-14T13:43:42.000Z (over 10 years ago)
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# Making Friends With Python 3

As part of the 2015 [Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry Instructor and

Helper Retreat](http://swcarpentry.github.io/instructor-retreat-2015/),

we want to explore our change from teaching Python2 to teaching Python3.

There are a number of aspects of this. We'll have a global broadcast

session by Dave Jones at 10:00 UTC on "What to watch when transitioning from

Python 2 to Python 3". But then we want instructors who are happy teaching

Python 2 to think about what they need to know or change to teach Python3.

The list shouldn't be very long!

In particular, we would like to find answers to questions like:

 * What are the syntactic and structural changes I'm going to need to know 

   about when changing from 2 to 3?

 * Where do I go to find out the gory details / remind myself of the changes?

 * What (if anything) should I expect to see change amongst a group of

   learners being taught python3 compared to python2. For example, are there

   new common errors, misunderstandings etc.?

 * How do I install python3 (or rather, how do I add python3 alongside a 

   python2 anaconda install. A new installation is covered in the instructions

   in the workshop template)?

 * Can I also use what I learn to start to move some of my own work over to 

   python3?

It would be nice if one of the outcomes of the retreat was a study guide to

help instructors and helpers make the change even if they don't make it to 

the retreat. With this in mind, we hope to [develop a short set of notes](

https://github.com/andreww/python3_friends/blob/master/introToPython3.md), 

covering the answers to questions like those above. These notes will live

in this repository.